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... Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan ? " True , these men would have had to travel a long distance for a wife of their own nation ; but was it farther from Moab to Bethlehem , than from Beth- lehem to Moab , a distance ...
... Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan ? " True , these men would have had to travel a long distance for a wife of their own nation ; but was it farther from Moab to Bethlehem , than from Beth- lehem to Moab , a distance ...
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... thou after thy sister - in - law . And Ruth said , Intreat me not to leave thee , or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest , I will go ; and where thou lodgest , I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people , and ...
... thou after thy sister - in - law . And Ruth said , Intreat me not to leave thee , or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest , I will go ; and where thou lodgest , I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people , and ...
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... thou after thy sister- in - law . " But Ruth's mind was quite made up , and she was resolved to share Naomi's sorrow with her . " Intreat me not ( she says ) to leave thee , or to return from following after thee ; for whither thou ...
... thou after thy sister- in - law . " But Ruth's mind was quite made up , and she was resolved to share Naomi's sorrow with her . " Intreat me not ( she says ) to leave thee , or to return from following after thee ; for whither thou ...
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... thou diest , I will die , and there vill I be buried . The Lord do so to ne , and more also , if aught but death part thee and me . " And was not Ruth's a right choice , and a happy choice too ? She clave unto Naomi , because there was ...
... thou diest , I will die , and there vill I be buried . The Lord do so to ne , and more also , if aught but death part thee and me . " And was not Ruth's a right choice , and a happy choice too ? She clave unto Naomi , because there was ...
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... thou be made whole ? Bring your wounded heart to me , and I will ease it . Tell me of all your troubles . Pour out every sorrow into my bosom . " Yes , Jesus can , and will , heal you . He who said to the Widow of Nain , " Weep not ...
... thou be made whole ? Bring your wounded heart to me , and I will ease it . Tell me of all your troubles . Pour out every sorrow into my bosom . " Yes , Jesus can , and will , heal you . He who said to the Widow of Nain , " Weep not ...
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Page 123 - If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
Page 34 - Entreat me not to leave thee, Or to return from following after thee ; For whither thou goest, I will go ; And where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; Thy people shall be my people, And thy God, my God ; Where thou diest, will I die, And there will I be buried ; The Lord do so to me, And more also, If aught but death part thee and me.
Page 58 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines : the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold : and there shall be no herd in the stalls ; Yet I will rejoice in the Lord : I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 43 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty : why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me...
Page 120 - Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's: and I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people.
Page 21 - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword ? Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Page 62 - ... It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Page 60 - And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace.
Page 124 - And if the man like not to take •his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
Page 128 - Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.